Mike Tidwell, owner of Michael D. Tidwell, P.A. is a native Pensacolian who graduated from Woodham High School in 1975. After receiving his bachelor's degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, he continued his education at Tulane University in New Orleans, receiving his juris doctorate in 1991.

After becoming licensed in the state of Florida, Mike returned to Pensacola in 1991 and began his law practice at Bordelon and Tidwell in Gulf Breeze. In 1997, he founded Michael D. Tidwell, P.A. in downtown Pensacola where he specializes in probate, commercial litigation, corporate litigation, general civil litigation, and real estate law.